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Hausmann, Ricardo; Pritchett, Lant; Rodrik, Dani - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

Unlike most cross-country growth analyses, we focus on turning points in growth performance. We look for instances of rapid acceleration in economic growth that are sustained for at least eight years and identify more than 80 such episodes since the 1950s. Growth accelerations tend to be...

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The Institutional Foundations of China’s Reforms and Development

Xu, Cheng-Gang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

China’s economic reforms have resulted in spectacular growth and poverty reduction. However, China’s institutions look … ill-suited to achieve such a result, and they indeed suffer from serious shortcomings. To solve "China puzzle" this paper … analyses China’s institution - a regionally decentralized authoritarian system. The central government has control over …

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Growing like China

Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Zilibotti, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper constructs a growth model that is consistent with salient features of the Chinese growth experience since 1992: high output growth, sustained returns on capital investments, extensive reallocation within the manufacturing sector, falling labor share and accumulation of a large foreign...

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Sharing High Growth Across Generations: Pensions and Demographic Transition in China

Song, Zheng Michael; Storesletten, Kjetil; Wang, Yikai; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012

Intergenerational inequality and old-age poverty are salient issues in contemporary China. China's aging population …

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Economic Reforms and Industrial Policy in a Panel of Chinese Cities

Alder, Simon; Shao, Lin; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

We estimate the effect on economic development of China's industrial policy, in particular, the establishment of …

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Working in Public and Private Firms

Corneo, Giacomo; Rob, Rafael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We develop a theoretical framework for comparing the style of work in public and private enterprises. We incorporate ‘socializing’, as an activity that yields utility for workers and affects a firm’s output, into a simple multitask model of work organization. In contrast with previous...

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Transition Problems in Economic Reform: Agriculture in the Mexico-US Free Trade Agreement

Levy, Santiago; van Wijnbergen, Sweder - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

At what speed should Mexican agriculture be incorporated into the North American Free Trade Agreement (FTA)? What policies should characterize the transition? We use Mexican agriculture as a case study to analyse the transition problems that arise in most major economic reforms. In particular,...

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Monetary Regimes and Labour Market Reform

Sibert, Anne; Sutherland, Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

Policy-makers’ incentives to undertake costly reform depends on the international monetary system. We consider the effect of monetary regimes on labour market reform. We find international negotiation of monetary policy produces less reform than non-cooperation. Reform is lowest of all with...

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Tax Reform, Trade Liberalisation and Industrial Restructuring in Hungary

Newbery, David M G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

The two central economic problems facing Hungary are its large foreign debt and its relatively poor rate of growth over the 1980s. The paper examines some of the reform issues facing Hungary, starting with the tax reforms of 1988 and 1989, but concentrating on the importance of creating...

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Civil Society, Institutional Change and the Politics of Reform: The Great Transition

Bruszt, László; Campos, Nauro F; Fidrmuc, Jan; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between differences in civil society development under communism and divergence in the nature and pace of political and economic reform and transformation after 1989. We put together a unique data set on dissident activities for the 27 former centrally...

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